The most sophisticated I am with my organization is I follow a Google calendar that I am pretty good at keeping up to date, but I am struggling to stay on top of every ball up in the air. Are there any tips/apps/services you'd recommend to help me next level my organization skills?
How do I go from poorly organized to executive level organized?
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Re: How do I go from poorly organized to executive level organized?
#2Not really about organizational skills but I really liked the book First Things First by Covey. Its 20 years old but still very relevant.
Often the problem is not that you aren't organized enough - its that you're working on the wrong things. You should be working on long term payoffs, and say no or delegate/automate trivial busywork that often gets in the way.
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#3I loved the book "Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity" - the system is pretty simple and gives you a great framework for not only organizing all your projects and tasks but also helps with prioritization.
Re: How do I go from poorly organized to executive level organized?
#4Not really about organizational skills but I really liked the book First Things First by Covey. Its 20 years old but still very relevant. Often the problem is not that you aren't organized enough - its that you're working on the wrong things. You should be working on long term payoffs, and say no or delegate/automate trivial busywork that often gets in the way.
Actually I found most of the contents are on wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Things_First_(book).
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#5GTD and a trello board works for me (when I have the discipline to keep it up to date)
I've used this guide (https://hamberg.no/gtd/) to start and really didn't need anything else
Re: How do I go from poorly organized to executive level organized?
#6org-mode: once you learn the basics it’s quick to add new tasks, quick to change the timeline, and easy to add recurring tasks. You won’t outgrow it: there is a lot of flexibility for adopting to more complex workflows. The negative is that it has a bit of a learning curve.